Kings of Leon have revealed that they have become tired of their single 'Use Somebody'.

The hit song, which singer Caleb Followill revealed was written as an apology to his bandmates following a drunken fight, has gone on to become one of their best-known tracks, receiving several nods for next year's Grammy Awards.

Followill told Spin: "We'd had a heavy night of drinking... We'd all been in an argument, so the next day at soundcheck, no-one was looking at each other in the eye. I started playing that melody... and then I started singing: 'You know that I could use somebody...' That was my apology."

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He went on to admit that the rest of the group then had to convince him to include the track on their breakthrough fourth album Only By The Night.

His brother Nathan explained: "You could tell there was something magical about it. Everyone just shut up and looked at each other."

Caleb responded: "I was embarrassed by it. I thought it was sappy. By the time it was finished, I was like, 'That's not going on the record...' But everybody was like, 'You gotta put it on there.' So we did."

However, despite the song's subsequent success, bassist Jared claimed that he has heard it so much he now dislikes it. "Before it was on the radio every five seconds, I thought 'Use Somebody' was a good song, but it's hard to f***kin' like it when you hear it 90 times a day," he said.